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PCB Design Engineer

Mainly remote with ad hoc visits to Portsmouth

£69.65 an hour Umbrella Inside IR35

6 Month Contract

This is a great opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Defence organisations based In Portsmouth but mainly remote. Site visits as and when required.

The Printed Circuit Board Designer will:

• Be part of a small team generating approximately 30 PCB designs per year.
• Have detailed knowledge and experience of tools and techniques required to generate large, complex, multi-substrate PCB designs.
• Undertake PCB design activities from initial concepts through to generation of manufacturing data packs.
• Help maintain toolsets and supporting libraries/databases.

Core Duties

Typical duties include:

• Apply knowledge, technical skills and general engineering experience to generate PCB designs.
• Interpretation, generation, and management of schematic diagrams.
• Collaborate closely with the mechanical and electronic design teams.
• Collaborate closely with the manufacturing team ensuring Design for Manufacture and Design for Test considerations are embodied.
• Generation of manufacturing data packs
• Support Design and Peer Reviews
• Undertake component library management.
• Modifications and maintenance of legacy designs.

Knowledge:

• Proficient experience of Cadence Allegro toolset (essential)
• PCB design techniques for large, complex, multi-layer, multi-substrate, PCBs.
• Designing for controlled impedance, high speed digital, RF, mixed signal, high current, and large FPGA technologies.
• Experience of blind, buried, and filled via techniques.
• Experience of flexible PCB and interconnecting assemblies.

Skills:

• Ability to work with complex mechanical profiles to accommodate enclosure, structural, thermal, and screening requirements.
• Ability to work to ISO9001 and IPC-610 standards.
• Must understand detailed technical instructions and be able to communicate complex technical information to others.

Qualifications:

• HND or above in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent knowledge and experience.

For more information please contact Lauren Morley at JAM Recruitment or click apply.